Rock Band Timed Release Song Packs

Written By: Alex Shaw

Harmonix have revealed plans for Rock Band song packs released specifically to tie in with Triple-A releases starting in the Q1 of 2010. Community development manager for Harmonix Sean Baptiste released this information in talks yesterday. Tying in with the release of Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain, on November 6th will be the first of these packs, which comprises Prince’s long awaited Rock Band debut Purple Rain, the song classic rockers will be looking forward to the most; Guns N’ Roses November Rain, and the most interesting addition to this trio: Tay Zonday’s Chocolate Rain. Zonday has said in interviews he is “Very pleased” with this development.

The catch is that it’s console specific. Only Playstation 3 owners will be able to buy this pack day in date. Reports indicate it is only a timed exclusive, however and 360 owners may be playing these before Christmas, but only as separate tracks with no reduced cost. Fortunately for Microsoft fans they get their own timed exclusive song pack comprising of Wake by Linkin Park, Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine and Wake up Dead by Megadeath, released to coincide with the November 8th release of the long awaited Alan Wake.